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In 8 th Five Year Development Plan of Turkey, the basic objectives of regional development strategy are defined as improving national resources so as to ensure the highest economic and social benefit and reducing interregional disparities to the minimum. In implementation of regional development policies, the principles of sustainability, interregional integration, provision of social and economic balances, improving life quality, equal opportunities, cultural development and participation shall be taken as basis. In this manner several development projects have been initiated. Southeastern Anatolian Project (GAP) supported with adequate financing can primarily be mentioned as the most successful project among the current regional development plans. Main purpose of GAP covering Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, and Mardin NUTS II regions, is converting Southeastern Anatolian Region to an agriculture-based exporting region. Despite the fact that GAP was initiated as a project based mainly on energy and irrigation, it became an integrated multidimensional development project in time especially with GAP 2010 Integrated Plan. The Zonguldak – Bartın – Karabük regional development project was initiated as a response to the process of restructuring that the coal extraction and iron and steel sectors are undergoing in this area. The project aims at determining new investment alternatives for private sectors, preparing a development plan, which is applicable in medium and long term, and identifying new investments, which can be made in the region The Eastern Anatolia Project (DAP) - Master Plan covering sixteen provinces (including the Ağrı and Malatya NUTS II regions), was initiated by the State Planning Organisation (SPO) in response to serious underdevelopment of this region compared with the national average. The plan and accompanying feasibility studies for individual investment projects was prepared by a consortium of universities located in the region. Finally, the Eastern Black Sea Regional Development Plan (DOKAP) covering seven provinces was prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency under the coordination of SPO. Besides the four regional plans, within the scope of the Yeşilırmak River Basin Development Project, a Regional Development Master Plan study has been initiated to define basic strategies to solve important problems and cover all sectoral objectives. Furthermore, UNDP and Atatürk University have been involved in conducting a number of rural development projects covering one or two provinces each. These have been designed to improve living conditions and increase the income of the local population, raise agricultural and animal production and enhance the management of land, water, animal and forest resources. EU support The European Union is currently financing activities within the South Eastern Anatolia Programme. This project has duration of 5 years and a total cost of 47 million euros with a EU contribution of 44 million euros. In addition, the EU has allocated 45 million euros to the Eastern Anatolia Development Programme (EADP). This intervention, focusing on the NUTS II region of Van, applies a participatory approach in support of an environmentally sustainable model of local economic development. Four components within this programme addresses agriculture, SME support, tourism and the environment and social development. ‘Regional development programme for the Kastamonu, Samsun and Erzurum NUTS II Regions’ is another EU co-funded regional development programme with a budget of 52,33 million Euros. The programme aims to support the Turkish Government in implementing an integrated regional development policy in three NUTS II regions, by means of projects aiming to promote the sustainable economic development of the regions concerned, and to Project Fiche Regional development EU Programming 2004 10
provide experience at the regional level in conducting locally appropriate EU co-funded grant schemes. Also, Trabzon NUTS II Regional Development Program is envisaged to be included in the framework of 2005 Financial Cooperation Programme. Together with Ağrı, Kayseri, Konya and Malatya Regional Development Program and Trabzon NUTS II Regional Development Program, all of 12 NUTS II regions determined in pNDP (2004-2006) as priority regions will be covered by EU Regional Programmes. In addition, the EU is supporting a number of large-scale development programmes addressing priority needs across the whole of Turkey. These include programmes to support active labor market strategy; promote reproductive health; strengthen the vocational education and training system; provide support for basic education; and support women entrepreneurs. In the four targeted regions, discussions and consultations indicate that the level of activity by international and bilateral donor programmes is very limited. Mechanisms will be put into place to ensure harmonization with other donors and programmes during the implementation phase. 3.5 Lessons learned Although there is limited experience of grant schemes in Turkey, Phare has implemented grant schemes in other candidate countries since the early 1990s. These were initially targeted at the NGO sector and civil society programmes, but since 2000, Phare support has shifted from project-based to a programmatic approach. This has involved greater reference to the National Development Plan (NDP to identify the needs, gaps, strategies and action plans to improve socio-economic development and living standard in the medium term). The programmatic approach was designed as a bridge to post accession cohesion support under Structural Funds, the term grant scheme being akin to the term measure under Structural Funds. The adoption of the programmatic approach has been accompanied by increased Phare funding to economic and social cohesion, the majority of which as been grant scheme based includes both investment and institution building, spanning the range of soft and hard sectors. The grant scheme mechanism has been found to be an efficient way of delivering relatively small amounts of finance at the local level and to develop local capacity to engage in the EU funding mechanism. Experience has shown the importance to the success of grant schemes to provide adequate assistance at the preparation stage not only with the formalities, but also in developing project concepts and mentoring support during implementation. One key area of weakness, however, is the ability for many of the projects receiving grant funding to continue without it by attracting alternative sources of funding. The sustainability issue of many projects should therefore a key to their selection. Where the infrastructure grant scheme is concerned experience in Turkey has shown that one key area of weakness is the securing the budget necessary to operate or maintain the infrastructure built or upgraded through the grant scheme. This issue should be addressed at the project selection stage. More directly relevant lessons will be learned from the implementation of grant schemes under the South Eastern Anatolia (GAP) and Eastern Regional Development Programmes (EADP) implementation of which began in 2004.This will provide useful guidance in the preparation of guidelines for applicants under the 2004 regional programme grant schemes and in the design of training programmes for the farming sector. 4. Institutional Framework Contracting Authority Project Fiche Regional development EU Programming 2004 11
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